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The Bandinis 2011: An utterly exhaustive review of the Serie A seasonhttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/31/serie-a-season-review-bandinis
From misses to moonwalks, the best games and the worst gaffes, it's our end-of-season Italian football awards<p>&quot;Serie A is a tournament in which various teams compete,&quot; noted the Gazzetta dello Sport's Alessandra Bocci as <strong>Milan</strong> stood on the verge of their 18th <em>Scudetto</em> earlier this month. &quot;And then at the end Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins.&quot;</p><p>Milan's first <em>Scudetto</em> since 2004 will not be remembered as Ibra's triumph – although he was the club's joint-top scorer and leading provider of assists, this was a success for the collective, rather than of any individual – yet his arrival did fundamentally alter the Serie A scenery. Adriano Galliani, the Milan vice-president, had joked when he travelled to Barcelona in late August that he had as much chance of returning with &quot;a young Brigitte Bardot&quot; as with the Swede. With Ibra's subsequent capture came the belief that anything was possible.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/31/serie-a-season-review-bandinis">Continue reading...</a>Serie AMilanInternazionaleNapoliUdineseRomaSilvio BerlusconiJuventusGenoaCesenaLazioPalermoSampdoriaParmaBolognaFiorentinaFootballEuropean club footballSportTue, 31 May 2011 11:31:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/31/serie-a-season-review-bandinisAlberto Lingria/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Udinese forwards Alexis Sánchez, left, and Antonio Di Natale celebrate their club's Champions League qualification. Photograph: Alberto Lingria/AFP/Getty ImagesAlberto Lingria/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Udinese forwards Alexis Sánchez, left, and Antonio Di Natale celebrate their clubs' qualification for the Champions League. Photograph: Alberto Lingria/AFP/Getty ImagesPaolo Bandini2011-05-31T11:31:19ZMilan and Juventus put their faith in the young ones | Amy Lawrencehttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jul/17/milan-juventus-young-players
Milan and Juventus are preaching a tale of regeneration and rejuvenation but some fans are not buying it<p>Considering Silvio Berlusconi's penchant for youthful things, how incongruous that he allowed his beloved Milan to grow so old. Now, on the back of a summer that has seen three club institutions in Carlo Ancelotti, Paolo Maldini and Kaka depart, the hierarchy is suddenly preaching a tale of regeneration and rejuvenation. Trouble is, the fans are a little bit too concerned to buy into it.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jul/17/milan-juventus-young-players">Continue reading...</a>Serie AJuventusMilanFootballSportJosé MourinhoSilvio BerlusconiKakáReal MadridFri, 17 Jul 2009 09:52:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jul/17/milan-juventus-young-playersAlessandro Garofalo/ReutersLeonardo, Milan's 39-year-old coach, is a novice and this is his first experience of such a role at any level. Photograph: Alessandro Garofalo/ReutersAlessandro Garofalo/ReutersLeonardo, Milan's 39-year-old coach, is a novice and this is his first experience of such a role at any level. Photograph: Alessandro Garofalo/ReutersAmy Lawrence2009-07-17T09:52:06ZFormula One's fascism fetish should not surprise anyone | Marina Hydehttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jul/09/bernie-ecclestone-adolf-hitler-formula-one
Talk to a sports supremo long enough and he will mention a historical fascist<p>These days, we are deemed incapable of understanding anything unless it is glossed by a celebrity, hence the commissioning of documentaries like Peaches Geldof on Islam. To this hallowed canon, then, let us welcome Sports Bosses on Fascist History, as Bernie Ecclestone explains that poor, talented reformer Adolf Hitler might have been unwittingly pushed into the Holocaust.</p><p>In his subsequent non-apology apology, the Formula One overlord lays further honours at the feet of the Jews. &quot;Most of my mates are Jewish,&quot; he explained, with customary originality. &quot;One of them said to me, 'Bernie, you're more Jewish than all of my friends'.&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jul/09/bernie-ecclestone-adolf-hitler-formula-one">Continue reading...</a>Bernie EcclestoneFormula OneMotor sportSilvio BerlusconiSportFormula One 2009Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:05:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jul/09/bernie-ecclestone-adolf-hitler-formula-oneGareth Watkins/AFP/Getty ImagesMost of Ecclestone's friends are Jewish, apparently. Photograph: Gareth Watkins/AFP/Getty ImagesGareth Watkins/AFP/Getty ImagesBernie Ecclestone Photograph: Gareth Watkins/AFP/Getty ImagesMarina Hyde2009-07-08T23:05:06ZRussell Brand: Milan should have a ball with Manchester City's Kaka bidhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jan/16/russell-brand-on-kaka-transfer-from-milan-to-manchester-united
Player values are meaningless as long as Manchester City keep offering wads of cash – vital organs, on the other hand...<p>I gather some people are becoming disillusioned with football – it's the sort of thing that's incessantly reported, the game's lost its head its heart its soul, its balls – but the rejection of the game, and it's perceived descent into the tactically unethical and the financially inconceivable, becomes their relationship with it. I've experienced it among my friends: &quot;its all bollocks&quot; they say, the players don't care, &quot;there's too much money&quot; – citing the example of Kaka and his potential &pound;100m move.</p><p>I've always enjoyed the glamour of transfer sagas and the seedy mirth of decadent purchase. When Ruud Gullit was the most pricey player on the planet, I was titillated by the expense, his hair and his moustache. I imagined myself the guest of Berlusconi at an AC Milan dinner and dance, craning in to coach Arrigo Sacchi like a tipsy diplomat and complimenting him on his purchase like it were a giraffe from an Egyptian prince – &quot;this Gullit gentleman is a dream – do you know where I could acquire one? In blonde?&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jan/16/russell-brand-on-kaka-transfer-from-milan-to-manchester-united">Continue reading...</a>KakáManchester CitySilvio BerlusconiMilanWest Ham UnitedHull CitySat, 17 Jan 2009 00:05:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jan/16/russell-brand-on-kaka-transfer-from-milan-to-manchester-unitedMichael Regan/Action ImagesMark Hughes may need to take drastic measures to exert his authority in future transfers. Photograph: Michael Regan/Action ImagesMichael Regan/Action ImagesMark Hughes may need to take drastic measures to exert his authority in future transfers.
Photograph: Michael Regan/Action ImagesRussell Brand2009-01-17T00:05:20ZThis Milan team is finishedhttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/nov/14/europeanfootball.acmilan
Silvio Berlusconi insists the <em>Rossoneri</em> can pull their season round, but after their third straight home defeat, no one in Italy believes him<p>To look at him, you wouldn't figure that Silvio Berlusconi was an expert when it comes to keeping your hair on. Still, among the wails of dismay that followed Milan's historic defeat on Saturday against Roma, it was Silvio and Silvio alone who tried to keep things chipper. &quot;You can't win 'em all&quot;, he jovially admonished glum hacks as he emerged from Milan's locker-room. &quot;After all, even I lost an election recently! I've told the players to keep believing in themselves, just as we believe in them. We'll be back.&quot;</p><p>Touching stuff but, not for the first time, some may find it hard to share in the great man's convictions. After all, in Saturday's game Roma had patently banged another nail into the wide-bodied coffin of the Carlo Ancelotti era, with Milan's proudly battling former champions left punchdrunk by the younger, faster visitors.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/nov/14/europeanfootball.acmilan">Continue reading...</a>European club footballFootballSportMilanSilvio BerlusconiTue, 14 Nov 2006 10:35:59 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/nov/14/europeanfootball.acmilanJames Richardson2006-11-14T10:35:59Z